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Harvard's 1869 Entrance Exam Resurfaces Online
Original: Harvard's 1869 Entrance Exam [pdf]
A scanned copy of Harvard University's 1869 entrance examination is circulating among readers interested in education history. The test, covering subjects such as Latin, Greek, arithmetic, algebra and geography, is striking for how demanding it was in classical languages yet narrow by today's standards. Many readers compare it with modern admissions requirements and debate whether the exam was harder or simply different from what students face now.
Why now: People are comparing historical academic standards with modern college admissions and debating how education has changed.
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- Harvard's 1869 Entrance Exam [pdf] · haunter · 6
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